11:41 PM,
Dec. 12, 2013

Reds manager Bryan Price talks to the media Monday during the MLB Winter Meetings at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort.

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Reds, like they have in each of the past five years, left Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings empty handed.

Although Reds general manager Walt Jocketty thought he was "close" to several deals, nothing came of them, leaving Jocketty somewhat frustrated.

"Yeah, a little bit, but we keep trying," Jocketty said Thursday morning following the Rule 5 Draft, the unofficial end of the week's festivites. "We've made deals after the meetings before. I still like our club, but there's some things we'd like to improve a little bit." ...